by Guest » Thu Jul 11, 2002 1:42 pm
The boats built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding (I assume that is what you mean?) are VERY well made, quality boats....and they price them accordingly. If money were not a concern, I might order a brand-new Day Sailer IV from CCSB. However, for me cost is a concern, so when I bought my DS II in 1996....I bought used. The CCSB DS IV was selling for around $7,000 including sails at that time, however I figure that with trailer, I would have spent closer to $10,000 to get a boat like I would want. I bought my used 1979 DS II for $1,400 including trailer, spent around $50 for a few replacement parts from D&R Marine, amd was soon out sailing! Yes, buying a used boat can be a case of buying someone else's problems, but I think you can get a perfectly good, used Day Sailer for between $1,000 and $5,000 including trailer, you may need to fix a few things, eventually get new sails (or maybe not?), but you will have fun! The new Day Sailers (due to DSA specs) lack several nice features that most if not all of the older O'Days had, like 1 or 2 mooring cleats near the bow, 2 mooring cleats near the stern, easy mounting of an outboard (the O'Days were made to allow clamping the motor to the transom, CCSB and SLI boats need an acessary bracket, $350 installed!). Again, the CCSB DS is a GREAT boat! But, for my money, I'd rather spend $1500 for a good used DS than $10,000 for a brand-new one. However, that is not meant to be in anyway critical of CCSB, they build a quality boat! Check their web-site for used boats as well, I don't think they have any used Day Sailers at this time (didn't see any last time I drove by.....yesterday) but they do have several other fine boats.
Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" (rjohnson24-at-juno.com)